RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Minnesota >> Washington County >> OakburyIndex...

Welcome to Oakbury ...

Oakbury is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oakbury, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Oakbury is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oakbury lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Oakbury: 651

Communities near Oakbury ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oakbury.

  • Minneapolis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Saint Paul
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bloomington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodbury
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Eagan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Eagan is located in Dakota County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,975 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagan <3>
  • Apple Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Maplewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cottage Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Richfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Roseville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oakbury. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oakbury.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oakbury. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakbury.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakbury. See our Newspapers Page for Oakbury.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oakbury ...

Looking for more information about Oakbury? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Oakbury, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oakbury.

Adding Oakbury to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oakbury in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Oakbury was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Oakbury post office opened in 1900. The Oakbury post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oakbury.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oakbury - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/